Brady, Dillon help Pats beat Bills seventh straight time

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Tom Brady and the New England Patriots
have become so accustomed to winning -- and particularly against
Buffalo -- that even lopsided victories are no longer satisfying.

Take Brady, the perfectionist, for example: The Patriots had
just routed the Bills 28-6 on Sunday, a game in which Brady
methodically engineered four scoring drives. And yet the
quarterback was kicking himself for a pass that he insists he
shouldn't have thrown.

Scouts Inc.'s take ...

The Patriots continue to win with great defense, a hard-nosed running game and efficient passing by Tom Brady (right). Buffalo did pressure Brady well at times, but the New England offensive line gave their quarterback enough time to complete 67 percent of his passes for two touchdowns. The Bills couldn't get the ball in the end zone due to solid defensive pressure that forced Buffalo quarterback J.P. Losman into a marginal performance.

"Stupidity by me," Brady said.

He wasn't referring to an interception or incompletion. Rather,
Brady was discussing a 5-yard pass on the run that found Doug Gabriel open in the end zone with the game already out of reach in
the fourth quarter.

"Lucky," Brady said.

The Patriots (5-1) remain atop the AFC East after Corey Dillon
scored two touchdowns rushing, Brady added two TD passes, and a
stingy defense did the rest to get New England off to its
second-best start since 1997.

And the Patriots continued their domination of Buffalo, winning
their seventh straight and 12th in their last 13 meetings against
the AFC East rivals. The Bills (2-5) continue to unravel, having
lost three straight heading into their bye week.

"Our performance out there was embarrassing," linebacker
London Fletcher said. "It's just not good football. ... It's the
same mistakes over and over again."

New England has won three straight since a 17-7 loss to Denver,
and five straight on the road, a stretch in which the Patriots have
outscored their opponents 156-64.

"I feel pretty good right now just because we won the game,"
said linebacker Rosevelt Colvin. "But I do feel we can get
better."

It's hard to imagine how, considering the Patriots, refreshed
from a bye week off, had the game in hand by the end of the first
quarter when Dillon scored his second touchdown on a 12-yard run to
put New England ahead 14-3.

The defense then did its part, forcing three turnovers and
limited the Bills to 256 yards offense and 13 first downs -- and
only four in the second half.

Brady, who finished a modest 18-of-27 for 195 yards passing and
no turnovers, sealed the win with two scoring drives in the second
half, including a 35-yard TD pass to Chad Jackson.

The Bills defense couldn't get the Patriots off the field,
allowing their opponents to convert 8-of-15 third-down attempts.
And then there were the penalties.

The most undisciplined came when Buffalo defensive end Chris
Kelsay was penalized for unnecessary roughness for delivering a
late hit on Brady, who had given himself up by falling to the turf
on third down at the Bills 24. The Patriots capitalized on the next
play when Dillon scored his second touchdown.

Buffalo's offense wasn't much better.

J.P. Losman went 16-of-25 for 193 yards passing, but committed
three turnovers, two fumbles and an interception. The second-year
starter has now committed eight turnovers, including five
interceptions, in his past three games.

"We have to grow up," said guard Chris Villarrial. "I'm
frustrated and the team is frustrated."

"It was a long day," added coach Dick Jauron. "We continued
to make foolish errors that really don't give us much of a chance
to win the game."

So much for how well the Bills competed in a 19-17 loss at New
England to start the season.

Then again, this followed the pattern of how the annual two-game
series has gone over the previous three years: Buffalo competing
with New England in the first meeting and then getting blown out in
the second.

The Bills are 1-3 in the first game over that stretch,
outscoring New England 81-71. The Patriots have responded to win
each of the four rematches, outscoring the Bills by a combined
150-36, including a 35-7 win last year.

"This is certainly what we expected to see this week,"
Patriots safety Rodney Harrison said. "Coming off a bye week, a
lot of times you can have disappointment. Our emphasis this week
was the start fast."

Game notes

Patriots DL Richard Seymour did not return after hurting
his left elbow late in the second quarter. Seymour said he expects
his elbow to feel sore Monday, but didn't know whether he'd be able
to practice this week. ... Patriots starting safety Eugene Wilson
hurt his leg in the third quarter and did not return. Coach Bill
Belichick did not provide an update on either players' condition.
... Bills DE Ryan Denney did not return after hurting his right
hamstring in the first quarter. ... Rian Lindell accounted for
Buffalo's only points, hitting 46- and 40-yard field goals.